diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
index cf93897f97d8..56392f0239c8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
@@ -1988,6 +1988,11 @@ private[spark] object Utils extends Logging {
    */
   val isMacOnAppleSilicon = SystemUtils.IS_OS_MAC_OSX && SystemUtils.OS_ARCH.equals("aarch64")
 
+  /**
+   * Whether the underlying JVM prefer IPv6 addresses.
+   */
+  val preferIPv6 = "true".equals(System.getProperty("java.net.preferIPv6Addresses"))
+
   /**
    * Pattern for matching a Windows drive, which contains only a single alphabet character.
    */
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitUtilsSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitUtilsSuite.scala
index 894588534792..c118c58cafea 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitUtilsSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitUtilsSuite.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
 import org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmitUtils.MavenCoordinate
-import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
+import org.apache.spark.util.{DependencyUtils, Utils}
 
 class SparkSubmitUtilsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
 
@@ -304,4 +304,10 @@ class SparkSubmitUtilsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
         s" Resolved jars are: $jarPath")
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-39501: Resolve maven dependenicy in IPv6") {
+    assume(Utils.preferIPv6)
+    DependencyUtils.resolveMavenDependencies(
+      URI.create("ivy://org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.17.2"))
+  }
 }
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 568cb57976b9..6a33aae6b411 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -1165,6 +1165,13 @@ object TestSettings {
     (Test / javaOptions) += "-Dsun.io.serialization.extendedDebugInfo=false",
     (Test / javaOptions) += "-Dderby.system.durability=test",
     (Test / javaOptions) += "-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true",
+    (Test / javaOptions) ++= {
+      if ("true".equals(System.getProperty("java.net.preferIPv6Addresses"))) {
+        Seq("-Djava.net.preferIPv6Addresses=true")
+      } else {
+        Seq.empty
+      }
+    },
     (Test / javaOptions) ++= System.getProperties.asScala.filter(_._1.startsWith("spark"))
       .map { case (k,v) => s"-D$k=$v" }.toSeq,
     (Test / javaOptions) += "-ea",